Improvement in harrows



G. M. TIT'US.

HARROW'. No.173Q71-3f Patented Fe'b.22,1.876

N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

beam, as seen at c c o 0.

UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. TITUS, OF ROCK FALLS, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARROWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,743, dated February22, 1876 application filed November 27, 1875.

To alt whom may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. TITUs, of Rock Falls, Whitesides county.State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHarrows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification.

This invention consists of a harrow constructed in the usual manner, andmade of two sections, A A A A, which are hinged and united to each otherby the hinge orjoint in the center of the draft-beam B B. The sectionsare, respectively, attached to the draftbeam by means of the hasps, asshown at c c c c, hooked into the open hooks in the draft- The hinge orjoint marked 'i-unites the two parts of the draftbeam, and allows theharrow to adapt itself to any unevenness of the ground, and. permits onesection to be raised from the ground upon one corner without in anymanner affecting the operation of the other section. D is a sec onddraftbeam or evener, attached to the first draft-beam B B by linksextending to and hooking into the open hooks d d from 0 e.

B B, hinged at the center 0', substantially as set forth.

2. I claim the brace S, extending from the joint 11 to the seconddraft-beam or evener at S, in combination with thejointed draft-beam BB, substantially as and for the purpose spec ified.

3. I claim the draft-beam or evener D, in

combination with the brace S and the jointedbeam B B.

GEORGE M. TITUS.

' Witnesses:

V. S. F RGUSON,

H. F. BATCHELLER.

